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Übersetzung für 'Pyxis' von Englisch nach Deutsch

pyxis [vessel]

Pyxis {f} [runder Behälter, meist Büchse mit Deckel]archaeo.

Pyxis <Pyx> [constellation]

Schiffskompass {m} [Sternbild]astron.

• Pyxis {f} = pyx
• Pyxis {f} [runder Behälter, meist Büchse mit Deckel] = pyxis [vessel]

• The term "pyx" refers to the boxwood chest (in Greek, πυξίς, "pyxis") in which coins were placed for presentation to the jury.
• His name vase is a "pyxis" in the Louvre depicting the wedding of Thetis and Peleus.
• "Pyxicephalus" (πυξίς, "pyxis" = "(round) box," κεφαλή, "kephalē" = "head") is a genus of true frogs from Sub-Saharan Africa, commonly referred to as African bull frogs or bull frogs.
• Among the exhibits stand out Mycenaean vessels (three-eared pithoid amphora, stirrup jar and pyxis) and Geometric vessels from the cemetery of Agios Athanasios.
• They form a pyxis (dry dehiscent capsules) around 4–5 mm in length that appear soon after flowering and persist until September. Upon maturity the capsules will spit open.

• She is to take a box "(pyxis)" and obtain in it a dose of the beauty of Proserpina, queen of the underworld.
• The pyxis is a unique ceramic object with an unusual shape.
• Cylindrical pyxides, such as the Pyxis of Zamora, were created using the natural curvature and hollowness of the thickest part of the elephant tusk.
• A surviving example on a red-figure pyxis from the late 5th century BC shows Hedylogos alongside his brother Pothos drawing the chariot of Aphrodite.
• Iconic pieces from al-Andalus include the pyxis of Zamora (actually made in Medina Azahara), the [...] or the marble font for ablutions of Almanzor.

• A tall round casket is often called a pyxis, after a shape in Ancient Greek pottery; these were popular in Islamic art, often made from a section of the ivory tusk of an elephant.